Spacecraft propulsion

Personally I believe that we should have Space Exploration because we can learn, help, and provide information so that our community can have a better understanding on it. Many people have traveled into space and from just one trip we learn so much. Imagine if we continued these amazing trips we would know so much more. Most of us should know about president Kennedy’s amazing speech on space exploration. Many were moved by it and we continue to do it up to this day. To us this is an important…

In the past few decades, sonography has made some tremendous advances. A use that not many have thought about is for astronauts in space. With longer human stays in space and prospects of long term space travel, some thought it would be a great idea to have medical imaging for the space travelers. Ultrasound was chosen because it encompasses a broad base of pathologies. In 2001, NASA integrated an ultrasound into the Health Research Facility on the International Space Station with the hopes of…

When asked why he felt the need to reach the summit of Mount Everest, George Mallory said “Because it was there.” Humans have desired to explore the unknown and with space exploration they can finally have it. Humans will also see that it produces wealth to the United States economy. Lastly they will see that we cannot send robots to do it for us. Space exploration is worth the cost because it expands our knowledge and helps us see more of the unknown. I say that because studying health…

The idea of the space elevator dates back to 1895, when Konstanin Tsiolkovsky a Russian phycicist, proposed the idea. The idea was then rediscovered several times by numerous engineers such as, Yuri Artsutanov, Jerome Pearson, Arthur Clarke, and Charles Sheffield. In this paper, we will discuss how the elevator works, the advantages and disadvantages, and the obstacles during the process of forming the elevator. The space elevator is a tower that you can ride into outer space. NASA created…

after the separation of the third stage of the Delta II launch vehicle, and ends when it is 45 days from entry into the martian atmosphere. The single event upsets for this phase include and range from a stray particle of energy passing through the spacecraft, to a solar flare which could destroy the whole spaceship and the more likely event that a small trajectory error can result in a big detour and or even missing the planet…

Henry Womack Crocker English 3AP 15 November 2015 A Penny for Exceptionalism I have grown up listening to stories about the uncontainable excitement that my parents felt when the T.V. cart got wheeled into their classrooms to watch the fuzzy images of the Apollo missions come through. I have grown up hearing about the immense pride that one felt on July 20, 1969, when Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin landed on the moon. You were never more proud to be an American than in that moment, and we were…

rover. All Missions performed from NASA are costly, but all have very important reasons for those cost.The Juno spacecraft will for the first time peer below the dense cover of clouds to answer questions about the gas giant and the origins of our solar system. Juno's primary goal is to reveal the story of Jupiter's formation and evolution. Using long-proven technologies on a spinning spacecraft placed in an elliptical polar orbit, Juno will observe Jupiter's gravity and magnetic fields,…

Synopsis: Awaking from suspended animation while on mission to a distant planet, a cadet reflects on the effects long-term therapeutic hypothermia had on his body. He is uneasy still uneasy with the whole concept, but glad he made the choice as he interacts with his colleagues who declined to go under. As he waits for the rest of his crewmembers to wake up, he wonders how things will be different when he return home to a planet he may no longer recognize. Space travel has always captivated the…

Mars is in outer space, miles away, waiting for humans to explore. Other people think that it is a horrible idea to colonize Mars since it is a very dangerous risk. People should definitely go to Mars, there are similarities to Earth, the astronauts could test out new technology, and the most important thing, to learn techniques to live on other planets. Both Earth and Mars have many similarities. Scientists say that there may be a type of bacteria on Mars. If Mars has a bacteria that…

On September 28th,2015 NASA researchers announced that they had discovered liquid water on the surface of Mars. They actually told news agencies that they had something big to discuss in relation to Mars. It took several space craft and several centers of research five years to come to this finding. Why is there such a push to find liquid water on mars? As far as science knows, life requires water. Rockets require hydrogen and oxygen. Humans require oxygen to breath and to function. If we want…